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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

London County Council 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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The accident section statistics for 1955 and 1956 are analysed below to show the
types of call received.

Table: Analysis of accident section work

Analysis of accident section work

19551956
Street accidents17,33817,502
Other accidents20,34519,567
Assaults2,0242,392
Attempted suicide1,3691,361
Mental492567
Epilepsy1,3291,219
Other sudden illness18,45819,433
Maternity25,48626,227
Special journeys with patients (including urgent transfers between hospitals and journeys involving the transport of mobile obstetric units)323340
87,16488,608*
(b) Non-patient carrying journeys :
Delivery of analgesia apparatus5,1504,433
Special journeys without patients (including journeys to assist other ambulance crews and transport of obstetric units)270320
Ambulance not required6,7477,106
12,16711,859*

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The average time taken to reach a street accident in 1956 was six minutes.
* These figures total to more than the number of calls because a call may involve more than one patient.